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The Stargazing Meme

Vega, Altair and Deneb, The Summer Triangle and the Milky way

the stargazing meme

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oo4. play out what happens—anything goes!
oo5. profit? oh yeah!

prompts

one → meteor shower you just saw a falling star! and another! make a wish!
two → aliens what was that? was that really? omg no way a ufo!
three → lunar eclipse you've been sitting out for hours, waiting for this. it's so cool!
four → comet does it move fast or slow? either way, it's amazing.
five → full moon the moon is so huge! just don't look too long, it's really bright too.
six → star dust anything can happen in space. make up your own plot!
seven → solar eclipse this might be happening in the middle of the day!
eight → planet sighting is that a new star? nope, just a neighbor in the solar system!
nine → constellations do you know the stories behind these odd patterns?
ten → deep space normal stargazing isn't that much fun. you got a telescope!

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[ of course she can.

her questions, those words, whatever they are after that, go right over his head. decades, no, centuries of one-sided conversations, and perhaps all he wished for was an answer from anyone, anything --

but now he's gotten it and jack finds, quite foolishly, even as the beginnings of a smile begin to curl at the corners of his lips, that he's not quite prepared. ]

I - you - you're serious, right? You can hear me, too?

[She just blinks at him, further poking out her head, before shifting, standing upright.]

Yeees?

[The vowel is drawn out and she sounds a bit unsure. And honestly, she's not quite sure what he was expecting her to say.]

Do you not get out very often or somethin'?

Oh, no. I've been to tons of places, all around the world, but it's just - well, I'm usually the only one doing all the talking. Nobody's answered, ever.

[ and as the massive grin he finds himself breaking into is beyond the limits of his control jack is fighting, fighting the urge to do a flip or ten, relief seeping into his features. ]

You're the first.

Huh... [She's not sure that she comprehends what you're saying Jack, don't mind her as she circles around you slowly, very definitely staring. She hasn't got that politeness thing down yet] No one ever sees you? Wouldn't that make y'some sort of spirit or ghost then?

[She sounds pretty nonchalant about this....]

Wait - so you don't know who I am?

[ the faint sense of ease bleeds sharply away into puzzlement. ]

But you're still talking to me. Hang on, hang on. I don't really understand.

Well I think I'd know about a white haired boy who walks around shoeless in the snow.

[Her eyes narrow in on his feet. He's still shoeless. and she's still wondering how he's not absolutely freezing up in this weather.]

And how can I know who you are if I've never even met you before?

[Alright, she's going to chance getting a little closer because maybe she's the one hallucinating right now....]

Are you okay? Maybe you've hit your head or something.

[Or maybe she had. That was starting to sound like a viable option]

But you have, though. Once every year, for a couple of months at a time -

[ but here he catches himself, before he throws this entire thing into awkward valley past the point of no return. it's bewildering, because this isn't how it's supposed to work. first they believe in you, then they see you. wasn't it how that little thing went?

-- well, it sure did, as far as he knew. unless... ]

Okay, I get that this might sound a little strange, but indulge me, all right? [ a breath, and - ] Know of any winter spirits? Any at all?

Well, yes. There are snow faeries and th'like. Can't claimed t'have seen any myself but after what happened this summer--

[...and excuse her while she stops mid sentence.]

You're a faery? [Okay, excuse her as she circles around you once more and waves her hands behind your back] I'd expect you t'be a bit smaller, and have wings. And be more... [insert face of confusion here] female.

[Tactful. Completely.]

What? No! No. Not really. I mean, that's kind of part of the mythology here in this part of the world, I guess, but to be a little more accurate -

[ a gust of cold air comes whirling around them both, picking jack up as it leaves and setting him down on the bone-white branch of a nearby tree. ]

Put simply, I'm winter.

[She watches him just... float up to the branch, with complete ease, mouth dropping open a bit. Wasn't like anything she had ever seen before...]

But, aren't you a bit young t'be winter? Y'look t'be about my age.

( jsyk it is taking all my willpower not to make this into a csi meme )

[ a small shrug, ] Guess I just got frozen in time.

( YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAHHHH )

[That grin would be pretending to be unamused, right there. ~~She will never admit she is. that pun was just way too uncool~~. However that look disappears, and something a bit more thoughtful replaces it. She runs up to the base of the tree he's standing in and looks up at him on his branch.]

So... no one can see you? Are you all by yourself?

( his name is now horatio frost )

That's pretty much it, yeah - I mean, it's hard to look for someone you don't even know exists, isn't it? The others don't really like being out here 'cept on their big days, and even then we've got nothing to talk about, really, so it's just me, most of the time.

( He likes to solve..../sunglasses/ Cold cases. )

...Don't y'get lonely?

I try not to think about it.

[She contorts her mouth at that answer. Apparently not at all pleased. Sure she appreciated her alone time, but being alone-- well it was something different then being alone.]

If you're not a faery, what's your name then?

[ the wry smile that twists his own lips fades away, replaced by one brighter, infinite in genuity. ]

Glad you asked. I'm Jack Frost.

It's good t'meet you, Jack. [She curtsies a bit, but it's almost an afterthought.] My name is Merida.

[She extends her hand out and gestures you closer]

Why don't y'come down here, then. It'd be much easier t'talk t'you.

[Then there's a bit of a devilish grin.]

Or I could climb up there, if that'd be easier.

[SHE'LL DO IT, JACK.]

[ though it's tempting to respond with an "I know" he does, thankfully, refrain, opting for a nod in acknowledgment.

the offer comes as no surprise, and jack can only grin, turning back around to scale the branches, higher and higher. ] Come on up, then.

[She huffs in amusement.]

Aye, just 'cause y'got a head start, doesn't mean you should take advantage of it.

[But there she is, rubbing her hands together to ward of a bit of their numbness, standing in front of the tree. She takes a moment to evaluate the branches and her path up-- then she takes a hold. Her cloak is heavy, but there's no way she's leaving it behind, not with this cold.

One hand in front of the other, feet finding a solid foundation on larger branches. She's not as quick as Jack, but she's making good time]

It's not really taking advantage of anything - not unless we're racing!

[ are they, or aren't they? jack doesn't know, and neither does he particularly care; the thrill of having a mere conversation is enough to make him dizzy with excitement, and he can't stop smiling.

up here the moon is huge, a bright, round disk on the horizon, and for a moment jack thinks that if he squints just a little, maybe he could look past that silvery glow and see the man who's supposed to be there -

but he doesn't, because there is nothing to see, nothing to look for. he's long given up on the possibility he'll ever get his answer, and so jack no longer tries.

in time he reaches the topmost layer just before the flimsiest branches, and here jack stops, perches effortlessly as though a bird, staff in hand. ]

[Merida's always racing. At least since she had been old enough to challenge anyone who'd listen-- especially since her brothers had started to get old enough to begin to keep up with her.

And honestly, she never got the chance to hang out with anyone her age, most everyone she knew was older or a lot younger. Many of them treated her with a bit of distance. Her family was her only respite. And as much as she hated the fact that the triplets could get away with anything-- she was grateful they were around.

Still, meeting Jack was a thrill in of itself.

She manages to steady herself on the branches just below him-- no way was she going to stay steady on the measly things he managed to stand on-- and plops down on some of the sturdier branches, propping her elbows up on another.

She catches her breath, watching it curl like smoke out in the cold winter chill. She tilts her head up to Jack.]

So... how come I've never seen you before? Y'said somethin' about not knowin' you?

[ he shifts around on his branch, dislodging traces of snow and watching as they drift downward. ]

I'm not really sure myself, honest. I'd always seen it imperative that people knew my name or at least knew of me before they could see me. [ a shrug, more rustling, and more snowfall. ] That's how I thought it went all these years.

[She purses her lips in thought, then brings her hands to her mouth to blow on her fingers.]

Maybe... it's because I believe in magic now? [She's not sure entirely how to phrase what she's thinking] I mean, I did and I didn't. Thought a lot of it was just stories my mother made up t'placate me as a child.

But then... [A long pause.] Well, I turned my mother into a bear.

[....WELP.]

You what?

[ okay, merida, that there is something even he has to marvel at. ]

How'd you even manage something like that?

hint: i'm a martian and also for some reason i'm still aw...ake...

....Mars has a weird timezone. And I'm betting NZ or australia...

LMFAO oh close but no cigar :v

.....Well then you are either in Asia or Alaska. Or maybe some obscure island country

we...ll Jack never visits here, sooooo

....OBSCURE ISLAND COUNTRY OR ASIA... Philippines? ...Or Hawaii.... (TOTALLY OBSCURE AND A COUNTRY)

lmfkdkjhg how is hawaii obscure if a martian knows about it

Idk. YOU'RE THE MARTIAN HERE!

YEAH IDK MAN martians know everything. because we're awesome and we have space science and stuff.

..... B| AND SHOULDN'T MARTIANS BE IN BED BY NOW?

o...h jesus i didn't even realise LMFAO YES I'M GOING

/CHASES YOU OFF TO SLUMBER LAND

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AND LOOK AT THAT. CLIMBING ICON B]

YOU ARE WELL-PREPARED INDEED, GOOD MISS

BUT I AM NOT A MARTIAN....

THAT'S OKAY THO

IS IT OKAY IF WE'RE FRIENDS EVEN THO I'M NOT A MARTIAN TOO???

THAT'S OKAY WE AREN'T RACISTS